fitting vinyl floor - argh!
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i've spent much of the past week levelling my bathroom floor using a plane, sander, filler and hardboard. having finally got the thing almost perfectly level and the hardboard sealed, i bought the vinyl on my way home from work yesterday.
fully prepared, i set about making a newspaper template for the entire bathroom [it's an awkward shape with the suite cutouts]. making double sure this was right, i used it to make a cardboard template which was test fitted to ensure accuracy. somewhat pleasingly, it was spot on.
so, i placed the template on the underside of the vinyl [which has squares to line up the pattern], marked it all out and cut it down to size.
once more, i found it fit perfectly. only slight issue being that it does so only with the pattern facing downward, as i neglected to flip the teplate prior to cutting.
copious swearing promptly ensued. i'm sure the guy in the carpet shop will get some mileage of this story after i've been in again this evening.
fully prepared, i set about making a newspaper template for the entire bathroom [it's an awkward shape with the suite cutouts]. making double sure this was right, i used it to make a cardboard template which was test fitted to ensure accuracy. somewhat pleasingly, it was spot on.
so, i placed the template on the underside of the vinyl [which has squares to line up the pattern], marked it all out and cut it down to size.
once more, i found it fit perfectly. only slight issue being that it does so only with the pattern facing downward, as i neglected to flip the teplate prior to cutting.
copious swearing promptly ensued. i'm sure the guy in the carpet shop will get some mileage of this story after i've been in again this evening.
the only saving grace is the vinyl i'm using was from a local company who have a remnant shop as well as their main business so i paid peanuts for what i wasted. they had more so i'll be able to get another piece on my way home.
still, i could have had it professionally fitted for the total outlay, which is mildly annoying!
still, i could have had it professionally fitted for the total outlay, which is mildly annoying!
If you think thats funny....
A so called floor layer i had the misfortune to know once thought he could save time by doing it his way.
We were working on some new build flats and were running out of time.
My old company thought they would get a subbie in to speed things up.
This f
kwit thought if he made a template for one of the bathrooms he could transfer the marks onto about ten pieces of vinyl as they were all exactly the same.....
A so called floor layer i had the misfortune to know once thought he could save time by doing it his way.
We were working on some new build flats and were running out of time.
My old company thought they would get a subbie in to speed things up.
This f
kwit thought if he made a template for one of the bathrooms he could transfer the marks onto about ten pieces of vinyl as they were all exactly the same.....Edited by steviejasp on Tuesday 15th March 16:01
Edited by steviejasp on Tuesday 15th March 16:02
Simpo Two said:
Best howler I did was hacksaw through a rising main.
I'd used a freezing kit but it hadn't frozen. DOH!
whilst fixing squeaky floorboards prior to fitting underlay the other week, I put a screw straight through a heating pipe. I've never moved so fast in my life!I'd used a freezing kit but it hadn't frozen. DOH!
like spikeyhead, this renovation has seen many a disaster including several instances of lying prone whilst emitting a death rattle. once dropped the angle grinder with the switch locked 'on', cutting the toe off my trainers but thankfully no toes
anyway, a deceased gearbox put paid to collecting the vinyl
B17NNS said:
I've done the same. Quite a bit of pressure isn't there.Cleaned the ceiling up a treat though.
Hmmm, fitting the new wooden flooring in our recent conversion I was proud as punch that I hadn't cocked up any pieces by cutting the wrong end off the flooring whilst laying it. Onto the last piece and promptly cut the wrong end off.
One short drive into the city to buy another piece at £20, got home, measured up and..... cut the wrong end off again!!!
What a twonk!!!
One short drive into the city to buy another piece at £20, got home, measured up and..... cut the wrong end off again!!!
What a twonk!!!My old boss a Securicor thought it would be a good cash saving idea to get one or two of the Cash-in-transit guards to level out the corner of the yard in his branch for a bit of overtime one Saturday morning.
Kango hired from local hire shop, cement ready for delivery, head office not informed. All set then? Yup. What could possibly go wrong?
Two wassocks Kangoed through the electrical main and put the entire estate out of action. Branch generator failed to kick in, so for six hours on a Saturday Exeter Securicor had £20 million of unprotected, untraceable cash on site.
One final written warning later and my boss spent the rest of his time having the piss ripped out of him if he so much as mentioned budgets and cash saving exercises.
Kango hired from local hire shop, cement ready for delivery, head office not informed. All set then? Yup. What could possibly go wrong?
Two wassocks Kangoed through the electrical main and put the entire estate out of action. Branch generator failed to kick in, so for six hours on a Saturday Exeter Securicor had £20 million of unprotected, untraceable cash on site.
One final written warning later and my boss spent the rest of his time having the piss ripped out of him if he so much as mentioned budgets and cash saving exercises.
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